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Old Aug 8th 2014, 7:02 am
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Shhhh !

You know the sun only shines in New Zealand (and sometimes Australia but I can't be sure.) Also, as has been made clear on this thread, there's only beaches at the coast in New Zealand.
Yis, keep calm, carry on nothing to see here *looks shifty* don't dare let on that there are actually whole actual beaches that you can have all to yourself that are not in New Zealand.
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I have spent more time doing outdoor stuff since I returned to the UK than I ever managed to do in NZ. It is sad really as thats what we moved to NZ for. We love the outdoor lifestyle. We just couldnt afford to do it. I know outdoor stuff is mostly free but hubby had to work so many hours and I worked on the only day he had off. We had to do that to keep our heads above water financially. Family time was zero. Now we have our family time back. Every evening and weekend we have together.

Thats the only regret I have. I wished we had been able to make the most of what NZ had to offer. We were lucky enough to tour the South Island before we left and that blew me away! Breathtaking in every way. But now were home, the UK blows me away ( and im not on about the wind ). Where I'm from is truly beautiful. I can totally relate to Davros's photos. Beautiful.
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Old Aug 10th 2014, 10:03 pm
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Originally Posted by pippalonghorn
I have spent more time doing outdoor stuff since I returned to the UK than I ever managed to do in NZ. It is sad really as thats what we moved to NZ for. We love the outdoor lifestyle. We just couldnt afford to do it. I know outdoor stuff is mostly free but hubby had to work so many hours and I worked on the only day he had off. We had to do that to keep our heads above water financially. Family time was zero. Now we have our family time back. Every evening and weekend we have together.

Thats the only regret I have. I wished we had been able to make the most of what NZ had to offer. We were lucky enough to tour the South Island before we left and that blew me away! Breathtaking in every way. But now were home, the UK blows me away ( and im not on about the wind ). Where I'm from is truly beautiful. I can totally relate to Davros's photos. Beautiful.
It is all about balance I guess. When I worked in the UK I was on very very good money and had worked on a career for 21 years, however in order to get to where I was and to earn that money I ended up working to 10 pm every weekday evening, from 8 am every weekday morning and having to even have a conference call going in my ear whilst eating an evening meal with my family. In NZ have been lucky enough to earn good money although less than the UK and not have to work the insane hours.

There are people I know in Auckland who earn significantly less as a family then $95k and they still do very well without racking up huge debt and are lucky enough to enjoy the time off. Personally, I don't miss the rat race of the UK which I personally encountered.
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Originally Posted by Robbo25
It is all about balance I guess. When I worked in the UK I was on very very good money and had worked on a career for 21 years, however in order to get to where I was and to earn that money I ended up working to 10 pm every weekday evening, from 8 am every weekday morning and having to even have a conference call going in my ear whilst eating an evening meal with my family. In NZ have been lucky enough to earn good money although less than the UK and not have to work the insane hours.

There are people I know in Auckland who earn significantly less as a family then $95k and they still do very well without racking up huge debt and are lucky enough to enjoy the time off. Personally, I don't miss the rat race of the UK which I personally encountered.
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Old Aug 12th 2014, 7:49 am
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If I had to choose between being financially struggling in the UK, or being financially struggling in NZ; my choice would be NZ.
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Old Aug 12th 2014, 2:36 pm
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Originally Posted by bearskin
If I had to choose between being financially struggling in the UK, or being financially struggling in NZ; my choice would be NZ.
What makes it hard for some though is the fact that they weren't financially struggling in the UK. I really hope the ones who choose to move to NZ have a very happy future. It's awful when you have to hold your hands up and admit that it wasn't for you. A roller coaster of emotions and uncertainty.

It's a huge decision for any family to make and a great adventure. I genuinely hope it works out for each and every one of you.

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Old Aug 12th 2014, 7:37 pm
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When we moved here from the UK, where we had 'been doing OK', we started out in Auckland on one wage, and had another child. TBH, we went backwards financially for a while - I guess we added a few hundred dollars of debt every month for a couple of years.

At that stage there's no doubt we were 'finanically struggling'. We did however have a house and not too-big a mortgage, so we could cope with the gradual slide into debt as we had a plan where we wanted to be in the next 5 years. Glad to say, that did pan out and the days of gradually adding more debt every month are gone.

During those early years, it would have been a logical step to assume that our Akl experiment had failed, and go back to the UK - as many of our fellow migrants did. But we stuck with it and I have never actually had thoughts that we would be 'better off' (other than in purely financial terms) back in the UK.

Point of the update & post: would I rather be 'financially struggling in NZ' or 'getting by financially in UK'?

That depends. On whether you have a long-term plan and outlook, and whether you are motivated by having a great career or cash in the bank... I had both (and they worked out) the former, and I have no great interest in the latter. I am not saying that my size fits all - and there are members on here who will find all sorts of fault in what I've posted (again) - but that's how it was/is for me.

As an aside, we have suffered somewhat from what you might call 'family fallout' - my brother got divorced, my mum died of cancer, and Mrs B's dad have refused to visit us in NZ. Such is life - again, we just get on with what is dealt us, and carry on.

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Originally Posted by bearskin
Such is life - again, we just get on with what is dealt us, and carry on.
And hope you can see that others have done exactly the same and went back to be with their family or for whatever reason and decided to stick it out in the UK. In essence you have given up on the UK, others have given up on NZ. Maybe there even is no need to immigrate in the first place because with a such is life attitude you could make it work in the UK as well (in theory).

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And hope you can see that others have done exactly the same and went back to be with their family or for whatever reason and decided to stick it out in the UK. In essence you have given up on the UK, others have given up on NZ. Maybe there even is no need to immigrate in the first place because with a such is life attitude you could make it work in the UK as well (in theory).
I wouldn't have thought most people immigrated because it wasn't working at home. We certainly didn't. Had a great life in the UK. However hubbie got headhunted and we thought - why not. Loved Australia and became Aus citizens. Hubbie then got headhunted to come to Auckland so here we are and loving it here also.
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Originally Posted by Assanah
And hope you can see that others have done exactly the same and went back to be with their family or for whatever reason and decided to stick it out in the UK. In essence you have given up on the UK, others have given up on NZ. Maybe there even is no need to immigrate in the first place because with a such is life attitude you could make it work in the UK as well (in theory).
I only moved to NZ as a chance to live somewhere else. You'll often hear the phrase "a new life" used in terms of migration. I didn't require that, I just felt like living somewhere new. Imagine the absolute luxury of our lives that we can do that. I bet 99% of the earth's population would be mind-boggled at the thought of the opportunity to do it.

So, to answer you, I haven't given up on the UK. I will in fact go back there to live again at some point - I'm looking fwd to it. And, yes, I didn't need to migrate, I can make it work in the village I grew up in if needs be.
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